Title: Makerspaces and Copyright

Learning Objectives
•Identify the four important considerations for dealing with copyright concerns in makerspaces

•Understand the relevance of the non-commercial user-generated content exception to makerspace activity

•Describe the limitations on creative activity in makerspaces imposed by digital locks (anti-circumvention protection for Technological Protection Measures)

What's the deal with that Gremlin?
His name is Reginald. You can meet him in the "Other Types of IP" module. Poor, misunderstood, Reginald.

Q: Which of the following is not a question you should ask yourself when using makerspaces:
- What is the best way pick a digital lock? (correct)
- Is this for personal use or commercial purposes?
- Am I incorporating third-party content?
- Is this covered under fair dealing?

Q: According to the format-shifting exception in the Copyright Act you can convert media to a different format if:
- You obtained the original legally, it is for personal use, you did not circumvent a technological protection measure (correct)
- You obtained the original legally, it is for personal use, and you circumvented a technological protection measure
- You are making a copy for a friend, you obtained the original legally, you did not pick a digital lock
- You love this movie, selling copies of it could be your new side-hustle, and you screen captured it (the perfect crime)

Q: Printing this many copies of an item using a 3D printer may implicate industrial design protection:
- 50 or more (correct)
- 25 or more
- 100 or more
- 10 or more

Q: You likely have reasonable grounds for believing the source material you want to use is not infringing copyright if:
- It is labeled for reuse on the rights holder’s website (correct)
- You found it with a Google images search
- You got it off a DVD you picked out of the garbage
- You couldn’t find a licence anywhere

Q: The user-generated content exception applies to every country in the world.
A: false

Q: Content Scrambling Systems that prevents copying of contents on DVDs or Blu Rays and download restrictions placed on video streaming services like Netflix are examples of technological protection measures.
A: true

Q: Which of the following are requirements of the non-commercial user-generated content exception:
- Non-commercial use and reasonable grounds that the source material you are using does not infringe copyright (correct)
- You did not pick a digital lock and you intend to make money from this
- It is solely for the purpose of education or private study
- Non-commercial use and you are making more than 50 copies

University of Alberta. 2018. “Makerspaces.” Opening Up Copyright Instructional Module. https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/copyright/

Choose the correct statement.

Credits: Makerspaces and Copyright; by University of Alberta; 2019; licence CC BY 4.0